- lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
- fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
- also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2]
Characters
- 倾 (傾): to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out
- 国 (國): surname Guo
- 倾 (傾): to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out
- 城 (城): city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 倾国倾城
- MDBG: 倾国倾城
- Examples with 倾国倾城 on Tatoeba
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